if u in Malaysia, US server is the best in term of connection/ ping. Many players afk/ not leveling... after u enter Inferno, maybe the numbers will rise. If u new to this game (and not buying gold), pick all yellow, blue and legendaries. Just ignore the white items.

just leveling leveling and leveling

pickup all things u found except white and grey

sell the blues,  check and keep good rares, and legendaries, then salvage or sell the useless ones

as for skills, you can just look at it how u want ur char like,

currently everyone with same class are same, strong and weak is depend on gears,  but next patch will change a lot, you can add stat points customize ur char

Most LYNers play in US server. I play both US and EU servers.. How to leveling?.. keep playin for sure .. Diablo 3 have 4 difficulties, Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Inferno.. and wise man said, real diablo 3 game start in Inferno

some info here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/

live gameplay here: http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Diablo%20III

u just follow the quest mission to lvling ,I prefer u join public game four party in the game more experience gain, my main char is monk too more diversity skill to ply very fun.

hardcore with normal the different is hardcore u cant die one if u down one all ur gear wearing n inventory item will all gone....hardcore pls think b4 u start, normal mode how many time u was death everything is save, can keep revive ..

mostly plyer here include me plying normal mode inferno US SERVER ...enjoy

if u have nice group, play in party better. if not just play solo. as a new player, I suggest u play normal first.. hardcore onli have 1 life, can onli die one time..

bcos Inferno is the highest difficulty. More experience and the best loot in Diablo3 drop onli in Inferno.

paragon is leveling system after your hero reach level 60... maximum is Paragon Level 100 for now.. PL1000 means having 10 heroes with Paragon Level100

dont craft.. waste gold onli... just buy weapon in AH or use from loot..

Auction House..

for low level, get a highest dps you can afford and if u can, as a Monk get Dexterity too..

dual wield attack more dps, some passive skill got benefit with it

if weapon + shield,  a shield makes a big difference on the damage u take, greatly improve survivability, but less efficient on attack and slow
if u reach lv 60, try find gears with main stats + critical chance + critical hit damage + attack speed

higher critical chance, hire crit hit damage and attack speed, u get higher dps

yeah

don't forget all resists.

if can, find life on hit too

Add me, Izzairi@1460

Im new too

is like "boss" underling with special ability and bit stronger than normal monster.

Champion - Monster pack with blue glow & blue name. Gives Nephalem Valor (If you're Level 60)

Rare - Monster pack with yellow/gold glow & yellow name. Gives NV

Unique - Monster with Purple Color name. Has yellow/gold glow. Some of them are needed for an achievement. Does not gives NV

Super Unique - Same as above, but they are story mode monster or bosses. For example, Nigel Cutthroat in Act 1 & Izual in Act 4.

Loots are "bound" by difficulties. For example, you only can get certain legendary on normal. Same goes for Nightmare, Hell, & Inferno. There will be changes on this in the future patch "Loot 2.0"

Magic Find (mf) also plays a semi-important role in finding good loot. The higher mf you have; the higher chances of you finding a good roll items. (not the chances of getting legendary).

Some said if you have 500% MF; monster you kill will have 5% to drop legendary items. 5% seems to be high, but the way Diablo calculate droprate doesn't work that way. It goes through a set of calculation whether it will drop pots or gold or item. When it drops item, it will goes through another set of calculation to determine the item's grade and so on. Search for "Diablo 3 Magic Find explanation" on Youtube for more info.

Yeah, but if you focus too much on MF/GF gear.. you'll loose dps. Best advice is just play through the game normally. When you hit Lvl 60, you'll gain Paragon Level. Plvl gives stat bonuses and 3% MF/GF per level. Monster Power difficulties also gives you extra MF/GF

There's no limit on Critical Damage and Critical Chance for now. It will be limited soon in Reaper of Souls

What class are you playing? Imho, CC around 45% is good. Of course the more the better, but not too much until gives disadvantages to you gear. Have to keep everything balance